Cariño Complete Lawn & Tree Services — Sarasota & Bradenton, FL | A+ BBB · 25 Years

Sarasota · Bradenton · Manatee Co.

Competitive. Efficient. Professional. Hire the crew Florida actually trusts.

For 25 years, Cariño has been the answer when "the other guy" didn't show up, didn't clean up, or didn't pick up the phone. Same crew. Same trucks. Same family. Honest quotes, on-time service, and yards that look so good your neighbors will ask who you used.

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A+ Rated by the BBB Bradenton, FL · Accredited Tree Service

25 Years · Family-Owned Licensed & Insured Same-Week Service

A+ BBB Rated

Highest possible Better Business Bureau score

Free Estimates

Written quotes — no surprises

Licensed & Insured

Florida-compliant crews

Same-Week Service

We pick up. We show up. We finish.

Our Promise

If we don't show up on time, the first hour is on us.

Most yard companies make you chase them. We flip it. You get a written quote, a real time window, and the same crew that's been mowing Sarasota and Bradenton for a quarter century. That's it. No upsells. No mystery line items. No guy in a borrowed truck.

On-time guarantee
Free written estimates
Full property cleanup, every job
Licensed, insured, A+ BBB

What we do

Six services. One ruthlessly reliable crew.

From storm-snapped limbs to full landscape redesigns — if it grows, drips, or sheds, we handle it. Every job is done by our own crew. Never subcontracted, never half-finished.

Tree Services Tree removal

Tree Removal

That tree leaning over your roof? Gone — safely, in one day.

Hazardous, dead, or just in the wrong place. We take it down, haul it off, and grind the stump if you want. Insurance-grade documentation included if you need it for a claim.

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What's included

Full tree felling with rigging for tight spaces
Limb-by-limb takedown near houses, fences, pools, and power lines
Wood haul-off and complete site cleanup
Optional stump grinding (4″–6″ below grade)
Storm and emergency removal — usually within 24 hours

Why it matters

A leaning oak in a Florida summer isn't a maybe — it's a when. Removing a hazard tree before storm season is the cheapest insurance policy you'll buy this year.

Tree Services Tree trimming and pruning

Tree Trimming & Pruning

Healthier trees. Cleaner sightlines. Zero broken branches in your pool.

Seasonal pruning that actually protects the tree. We open the canopy for airflow, lift skirts off your roof, and shape for curb appeal — not chainsaw shortcuts.

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What's included

Crown thinning, raising, and reduction (ANSI A300 standards)
Deadwood removal — the #1 cause of branch failure
Storm-prep pruning before hurricane season
Palm cleaning and frond removal
Hauling, blowing, and full cleanup — we leave it spotless

Why it matters

Bad pruning kills more Florida trees than storms do. The wrong cut today is a $4,000 removal in three years. We do it right the first time.

Landscaping Landscape design

Landscape Design

A yard that looks like the magazine — without the magazine price tag.

Custom designs built for Florida heat, sandy soil, and salt air. Plants that thrive here, not the ones the box store happened to truck in. We design, plant, and stand behind it.

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What's included

Site walkthrough and custom design plan
Florida-Friendly plant selection (drought, salt, and pest tolerant)
Bed shaping, mulching, and edging
Sod installation and replacement
Decorative rock, river stone, and natural borders

Why it matters

A great landscape adds 5–15% to home value — a bad one drags it down faster than a chipped driveway. The math is simple. Do it once, do it right.

Irrigation Irrigation and sprinkler systems

Irrigation & Sprinklers

Water the lawn, not the sidewalk. Stop watching your water bill climb.

We install, repair, and tune sprinkler systems so every zone hits exactly what it should. Smart controllers, leak detection, head replacement, full system installs.

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What's included

New system design and installation
Head replacement, valve repair, broken-line fixes
Smart controller setup with rain sensors
Zone audits to catch overspray and dry spots
Backflow inspection & testing

Why it matters

The average Florida sprinkler system wastes 20–40% of every gallon. Tune it once and the savings pay for the visit — sometimes the same season.

Lawn

Lawn Care

A thick, deep-green lawn — without buying every product at the hardware store.

Fertilization, weed control, pest treatment, and turf health programs that work in Sarasota soil. Built around your grass type, not a one-size-fits-all bag.

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What's included

Custom fertilization plan for St. Augustine, Zoysia, Bahia & more
Weed control (pre-emergent and post-emergent)
Chinch bug, sod webworm, and grub treatment
Soil pH testing and correction
Aeration and overseeding when needed

Why it matters

DIY lawn programs sound cheap until you've spent $400 at the box store and your yard still looks worse. We treat what's actually wrong — and only what's actually wrong.

Lawn

Lawn Maintenance

Pull in the driveway. See a yard that looks like you have your life together.

Reliable mowing, edging, blowing, and tidy curb-appeal upkeep on a schedule that fits your property. Same crew every visit. Same standard every visit.

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What's included

Weekly or bi-weekly mowing at the right cut height for your turf
Edging along walks, drives, and beds
Trimming around trees, hedges, and obstacles
Blow-off of all hard surfaces — nothing left behind
Seasonal hedging and shrub shaping on request

Why it matters

A well-kept lawn is the cheapest curb-appeal upgrade your home will ever get. It's also the first thing buyers, neighbors, and HOA boards notice.

About Cariño

Same family. Same trucks. 25 straight years.

We started Cariño in 2000 with one truck and one rule: treat every yard like it's our mom's. A quarter century later, that's still the rule. We're not a franchise. We're not a national chain pretending to be local. We're the same family that's been clearing your neighbor's oaks and edging your block's lawns since the year you maybe still had dial-up.

That's why we're A+ BBB rated, why our customers stay for decades, and why our trucks still pull up driveways your kids grew up on.

25+Years serving FL

A+BBB Rating

1,000sOf happy yards

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“Affordable. Experienced. Reliable.” — Our promise since 2000

Why Cariño

The 6 reasons your neighbors stopped calling anyone else.

You've already had the no-show. The mystery invoice. The crew that left tire ruts in the lawn. Here's the difference when you call us.

1. On time. Or the first hour is on us.

You get a real arrival window — not "sometime Tuesday." If we miss it without calling first, you don't pay for the first hour. Simple.

25 years · we keep our word

2. Honest, written quotes. Period.

You see every line item before we lift a saw. No "while we're here" upsells. No surprise charges hiding in the email a week later.

Free estimates · no pressure

3. A+ rated by the BBB.

The Better Business Bureau gives us the highest possible score. That doesn't happen by accident — it happens because we fix it when something's wrong, every time.

Highest possible BBB rating

4. We leave it cleaner than we found it.

Raked, blown, hauled, edges sharp. If a single leaf is left where it shouldn't be, we don't drive away.

Full cleanup, every visit

5. Same family. Same crew. Same standards.

We don't subcontract. The guy who quoted you is the guy who knows your yard. That's how we know what changed since last time.

Family-owned since 2000

6. Fully licensed & insured. You're never on the hook.

Liability and workers' comp on every crew, every truck, every job. If something happens, you're covered — not exposed.

FL licensed · fully insured

Bottom line:

You can keep flipping a coin on the next "lawn guy" off Facebook. Or you can call the family that's been doing it right since 2000.

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What neighbors say

Real customers. Real yards. Five stars.

Reviews collected from Yelp, Yellow Pages, Nextdoor, and the Better Business Bureau.

★★★★★

The crew was very good and neat — they finished ahead of schedule, brought all the right equipment, and left the yard perfectly leveled. No complaints at all.

Michael R.

Sarasota, FL

★★★★★

Dependable, reliable, and reasonable. Cariño has handled our trees and landscape for years — we wouldn't call anyone else.

Linda P.

Bradenton, FL

★★★★★

Spectacular job removing trees, replacing trees, thinning the arecas, and mulching. Yard looks better than it has in years.

David K.

Manatee Co., FL

5-Star Yelp Reviews A+ Better Business Bureau Recommended on Nextdoor

Free, no-obligation estimates

Stop waiting on the "other guy." Get your yard back — today.

Two minutes on the phone is all it takes. Tell us about your property and we'll send back an honest, written quote — usually the same business day. Serving Sarasota, Bradenton, and the rest of Manatee & Sarasota counties.

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